Posted on 09/26/2018 3:52:54 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
The father of a missing 6-year-old boy with autism blamed himself for his son’s disappearance this weekend, as officials continue to canvas the surrounding area of a North Carolina park for any signs of the child.
Maddox Ritch, 6, has been missing since Saturday and was last seen at Rankin Lake Park, about 20 miles west of Charlotte, with his father, Ian Ritch, and another adult who was not identified. Ritch told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday his son ran ahead of him and disappeared from his view.
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Sad story all around.
And a lesson to parents everywhere that they need to be able to run faster than their six year old children.
As mom of an adorable 6 year old nonverbal girl with autism, this breaks my heart. I don’t know if this boy was verbal but even so, he may have wandered into the water and not cried out - autistic kids have a terrible rate of drowning incidents, especially when they wander. We have door alarms, extra latches, and even a special GPS bracelet.
Very, very sad, but thank you for posting this.
By a miracle, if neccessary, I sure hope and pray that they find him alive.
Keep searching and re-searching the area. He could be right there under their noses and they aren’t seeing him. Especially if he is non-verbal.
I don’t know if they are using search dogs but that sure would help.
Since Saturday—not good.
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I just saw him on national @7pm EST.
He said he “could’t out run him”
I don’t believe that for one ny minute
something’s fishy
Cougar or drowning.
I just want to hug you. Sending love your way.
Oh how awful, I didn’t realize that.
One morning I looked out our kitchen window and saw the three year old from up the street, who had Downs Syndrome, running down the sidewalk. I waited and didn’t see either parent running after him, so I flew out the door after him. It took me another block to catch him, little kids are fast! He grabbed him and held him from behind, all the time talking to him, telling him I was taking him back to his house. He had seen my face when I first caught him. By the time I got back up the street, his dad was frantic. ‘I just looked away for a minute and then I couldn’t find him’. Kids can move fast and it only takes a few seconds of inattention. Prayers this little boy is found safe.
I hate to say it, but that is my feeling too. Doesn’t pass the smell test.
*He*=*I*
“We were walking on a track around the lake and he decided to take off from me...
I didn’t think nothing of it and he got a little too far away from me,”
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When the child was far enough away that he couldn’t see him the
father tried to run and catch up to him but he had disappeared.
There are some really fast six year old kids out there, and there are some very slow parents.
And this kid’s dad’s story does not make sense.
If you ever feel the need to vent , or laugh or cry, feel free to mail me. I am Gramma to a seven year old little girl who is also non-verbal autistic. I have her every day. My son was actually charged one day when she managed to escape one day and made it to the street. We also have extra locks and blocks but these kids are smart.
That headline alone caused me to take note.
We’ll see how this turns out.
Hope the kid is okay.
Story sounds weak.
We can’t know for sure at this point, but SO many of these cases turn out to be the parents
Neither the mom or dad looked all that credible in TV.
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